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Understanding Xenophobia in South Africa: The Individual, the State and the International System

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The 2015 xenophobic attacks are a fresh reminder of anti-immigrant sentiments in South Africa. Since the 2008 xenophobic violence in the country, there has been a growing literature on xenophobia in South Africa. This article contributes to the existing discourse by employing levels of analysis as its analytical framework to analyse the recurrent anti-immigrant attitudes and attacks in South Africa. It concludes that xenophobia is indeed pervasive and that effectively ameliorating this pathology requires a conscious and comprehensive diagnosis of the manifestation of xenophobia at the individual, state and inter-state levels.

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  • Oluwaseun Tella, 2016. "Understanding Xenophobia in South Africa: The Individual, the State and the International System," Insight on Africa, , vol. 8(2), pages 142-158, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:inafri:v:8:y:2016:i:2:p:142-158
    DOI: 10.1177/0975087816655014
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    1. Francis Nyamnjoh, 2010. "Racism, Ethnicity and the Media in Africa: Reflections Inspired by Studies of Xenophobia in Cameroon and South Africa," Africa Spectrum, Institute of African Affairs, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg, vol. 45(1), pages 57-93.
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